Container filler



Aug. 17, 1948.

H. SCHNEIR CIONTAINER FILLER Filed Oct. 28. 1944v l|| lill l I I I l lIl llllll Ill..

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Patented Aug. 17, 1948 UNITED f i STATES PATENT osFfFicE, l 2,447,281

'CONTAINER FILLER Herman Schneir, Chicago, 111.

Application October 28, 1944, Serial No. 560,853

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in container fillers and itsprincipal object is to provide means for simultaneously filling a numberof liquid containers for restaurant and h-otel use and the like. Theinvention is particularly useful in dining rooms, on board ships,railroad trains and elsewhere where meals lare served to a number ofpersons and it is necessary to provide individual cream containers withthe meals. Formerly such containers have had to be filled individuallyby a waiter or other attendant which operation consumes considerabletime and the containers have not all been properly filled, some beingfilled to the brim and others only partly filled. By the use of theinstant device the containers can be filled in considerable numberssimultaneously and I'to a common level with great saving of time,without the danger of spilling and a material saving of labor afforded.

A further object is to provide a container filler that, after the filledcontainers have emptied, can be employed as a container Washer andthereafter as an empty container storage means so that the emptycontainers are ready for instant repeat use when desired.

A ller for liquid containers is also herein provided whereby the levelof the liquid is readily visible in the containers so that accuratelylling same to any desired level is easily accomplished.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists inthe combination and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings which form a part of this patent and in which- .Fig. 1 is aplan view of the tray or body portion of the container filler with thecover portion removed, a plurality of .containers being shown in thetray in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan view `of the cover alone.

other liquid for individual meal-time service. The body I is water tightand is usually formed with an overflow orifice 20 in one end w-all.

-A cover 1 is provided for the tray and consists of a body portion IIhaving an upturned rim 9 formed with a flange 8 that is underturned toFig. 3 is a view of the assembled filler in elevation and partly inlongitudinal vertical section, the containers being shown in dottedlines.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view in elevation, enlarged.

The filler includes a body or box-shaped tray portion I which in thisinstance is oblong in shape and comprises a bottom 3, opposite sides 4,4 and ends 5, 5, the sides 4, 4 having handles 6, '6, the corners of thetray being preferably overlapped and soldered or welded as at la. Thetray is adapted t-o snugly contain a predetermined number of creamers 2of uniform size and conventional type, which are to .be filled Withcream or form the bead I0 .that rests upon the topmost edge of the tray,the body portion of .the cover being disposed within said trayimmediately above the creamers or containers 2 which are arranged inparallel rows from end to end of the tray.

The .body of the cover is formed with a plurality of saucer-shapeddepressions I2 connected Ito each other by channels I3, one depressionI2 being provided for each container 2 when the tray is filled, eachdepression being formed centrally with a perforation I4, the bottom orlowermost portion of each depression being round. .The perforations inthe depressions are disposed immediately above the mouths of thecontainers 2 as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

When it is desired to ll the containers simultaneously Lthe cover isplaced in position upon the .tray and the liquid poured into the coverto flow through the channels I3 t-o the several depressions and outthrough the orifices I4 into the containers. In the event that enoughliquid is poured into; the cover to cause the containers to overflowthe: liquid Will be retained in the tray until it rises to; the overfloworifice if same is provided in the par- -ticular tray in use. The liquidin .the tray may, of course, be saved for future use. When, after use,it is desired to wash the containers they may again be placed in thetray, the cover applied and Water poured into the cover. The tray usedas a wash tray is preferably formed with an overflow orifice 20 topermit water above a certain height :to escape to the drain.

What is claimed is:

In a manually portable filler for creamers and the like. a tray ofrectangular shape having side Walls of greater height than the creamersfor receiving and retaining same in uniform parallel rows when filled tocapacity, a cover for said tray having a body portion of slightly lessarea .than the tray freely received therein, said cover having anupturned rim of slightly lesser depth than the height of said tray abovethe creamers, said rim formed with an outwardly disposed flange receivedupon the top edge of said tray spacing said body portion slightly abovethe top level of the creamers, said body portion formed with parallelrows of perforate depressions complementary to the rows of creamersprojected slightly into the creamer mouths, and channels connectingNumber said depressions. 775,059 HERMAN SCI-INEIR. 1,635,126 2,019,877REFERENCES CITED 5 The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent: Number UNTTED STATES PATENTS vlg Number Y `Name Date 10273,355

678,272 Neumayer July 9, 1901 Name Date Wise Nov. 15, 1904 JrotkaJ July5, 1927 Thomas Nov. 5, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great BritainApr. 25, 1910 `Germany -Sep'tf21, 1900 'Germany June 8, 1913

